The Checkpoint Campaign

The Nineveh Plain Protection Units are now establishing and patrolling a network of checkpoints throughout the liberated areas of the Nineveh Plain. The goal is to establish a network of 18 checkpoints. These checkpoints are essential for providing security for our towns and villages. Only with an effective network of checkpoints will our people feel safe and return to their homes. So developing these checkpoints is an urgent issue for the NPU.

The current checkpoints are but a shack. They need to be developed and made more secure with concrete barriers and a place for guards to shelter. Moreover, the checkpoints are most effective when soldiers can easily patrol among them and respond quickly to emergencies. So the NPU needs vehicles to travel between checkpoints.

Thus, the Nineveh Plain Defense Fund launched the Checkpoints Campaign to fund this vital work. Each checkpoint will cost $24,000:

About NPDF

The Nineveh Plain Defense Fund is a non-profit corporation in the State of Illinois, established in 2016. The Nineveh Plain Protection Units requested the formation of the NPDF by a group of activists and supporters to create a legitimate channel for directing international support to the NPU.

About NPU

The Nineveh Plain Protection Units were established in 2014 by the Assyrian Democratic Movement after the invasion of Mosul and the Nineveh Plain by the Islamic State. In March, 2016, the Nineveh Plain Protection Units officially joined the Nineveh Liberation Operation Command, the campaign being led by the Government of Iraq to defeat the Islamic State and liberate Nineveh and other occupied territories.

This material is distributed by the Nineveh Plain Defense Fund on behalf of the Nineveh Plain Protection Units and the Assyrian Democratic Movement. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC.